Libraries in India

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Maharashtra
State
Official language: Marathi

Official name of Parliament: Maharashtra Legislature
-Bicameral -

Official names of Chambers: Maharashtra Legislative Council (1)
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2)
The Library serves both chambers of the Parliament

Address
Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat Library
Vidhan Bhavan
Backbay Reclamation
Bombay - 400032
Tel. (91)(22)2027399 ext. 320, telex 112443 DGPR IN
Cable address: Comparlas Mumbai-1

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1922
Person in charge: Ms D.S. Chavan,
Position or official title: Librarian
Number of library staff: 18,
      Number of professional librarians: 2,
      Number of other staff in the Library: 16
Size of collection: 142.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 500.000 Rs
Number of current periodicals: 75
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: ex-members staff of Legislature, Secretariat, staff, State Government, special readers concerning the subjects as political science and public administration
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Who's who of Members
Both Houses during the tenure of each Assembly

Parliamentary Papers
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